Why Microsoftâs self-driving car strategy is quietly brilliant
Self-driving car startup Cruise has received more than $2 billion in a new round of investment from Microsoft, General Motors, Honda, and institutional investors, according to a joint statement by Cruise, its owner GM, and Microsoft on Tuesday. The investment will bring the valuation of Cruise to $30 billion and make Microsoft an official partner.
Per Tuesdayâs announcement: âTo unlock the potential of cloud computing for self-driving vehicles, Cruise will leverage Azure, Microsoftâs cloud and edge computing platform, to commercialize its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale. Microsoft, as Cruiseâs preferred cloud provider, will also tap into Cruiseâs deep industry expertise  to enhance its customer-driven product innovation and serve transportation companies across the globe through continued investment in Azure.â
Microsoft is working with Yellow Messenger to use AI services to make automated voice customer services with virtual assistants feel more natural and human to human during interactions
Review: Microsoft Azure AI and Machine Learning aims for the enterprise
Microsoft Azure combines a wide range of cognitive services and a solid platform for machine learning that supports automated ML, no-code/low-code ML, and Python-based notebooks. Credit: Dreamstime
Microsoft has a presence in most enterprise development and IT shops, so it’s not a surprise that the Azure AI and Machine Learning platform has a presence in most enterprise development, data analysis, and data science shops. Enterprise AI often has demanding requirements, and the Azure offerings do their best to meet them.
Azure AI and Machine Learning includes 17 cognitive services, a machine learning platform pitched at three different skill levels, cognitive search, bot services, and Azure Databricks, an Apache Spark product optimized for the Azure platform and integrated with other Azure services.
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January 19, 2021 | Microsoft News Center India
Yellow Messenger leverages Azure Cognitive services to reimagine voice automation to help businesses understand end-user intent better
New Delhi, January 19, 2021: Yellow Messenger, the worldâs leading conversational AI platform, has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to transform its voice automation solution using Azure AI Speech Services and Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools. With this initiative, Yellow Messenger aims to increase the accuracy of its voice bot solutions and help enterprises across sectors in enhancing consumer experience automation. Under this collaboration, Microsoft and Yellow Messenger’s R&D team will be working on building a more human-like voice assistant platform that is capable of understanding and responding on the basis of sentiment, dialect, and workflow.
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